Harris, Helen Maria Johnson (1845-1895)

JOHNSON, HAYES, HARRIS, MONROE

Posted By: Theresa Payne (email)
Date: 5/24/2003 at 14:17:29

Graphic Herald, Hamilton Co., IA Tuesday, 8 Jan. 1895
DEATH OF MRS. HARRIS-- After suffering severly for a long time, Mrs. C. H. Harris died at the family home in this city last Friday morning. The illness from which she suffered was consumption, and altho all was done for her that medical skill could devise, the end came as it was feared it would. Mrs. Harris was a model wife and a loving mother. She had been a resident of this city for a number of years and had hundreds of friends who will regret her demise. A husband and several children survive her.

Graphic Herald, Hamilton Co., IA Wednesday 9 Jan. 1895
Mrs. Harris, wife of C. H. Harris, died last Friday of consumption at her home on South Superior St. She had been sick for a long time and for several months past, no hopes for her recovery have been entertained by the family or friends, and her death has been expected daily for the past month. A husband and several children, some of them quite young, survive to mourn the decease of a kind wife and indulgent mother.

(Helen Maria Johnson Harris, b. 22 March 1845 Lansing, Ingham, MI, the daughter of George F. Johnson and Lucy Hayes; d. 4 Jan. 1895 Webster City, IA; married Charles H. Harris 1865 Warsaw, NJ and were the parents of the following children: Charles A., Ida L. Monroe, Walter C., Finley L. J., George H., Clara, Ilo Claude, Edward Lawrence)(This family was quite nomadic, Helen's parents went from NY to MI, back to NY, then they all appeared to go to WI, then to Joliet, IL, and finally to IA (with a few other stop off points along the way, I am sure!)